Being strategic

Dave Food

Foresight on the Marketplace

Why plan?

People who fail to plan – plan to fail

People who plan give room for spontaneity, Spontaneous people have no room to plan

Every tomorrow becomes today eventually

What's the objective? (Business)

Goal

Plan

Action

ProfitCentred

Business measuresROI (return on investment)

Plan adherence

Efficiency

Errors / Failure

ROCI (return on capital invested)

Be strategic

Thinking strategically Acting strategically Living strategically

Battlefield strategiesI will stand at my watch and station myself on the

ramparts; I will look to see what he will say to me, and what answer I am to give to this complaint.

 Then he replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a man may run with it.

Investment in the right places?

NOW

FUTUREVision

Time

Finances

Who cares?

‘W h o i s a t f a u l t f o r o b e s i t y ? ’

‘W h o i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r d e a l i n g w i t h o b e s i t y ? ’

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T h e r e s p o n s e : p e r s o n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y ?

Strategic language High level Longer term Impressions Principles Priorities Policies

Perception is reality?

In your area

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39%

11%

7%

7%

In Britain

18%

38%

38%

4%2%

Not a problem at all

Not a very big problem

A fairly big problem

A very big problem

Don’t know

Challenges: DemographyPerceptions of migration

What do I know, what don’t I know

Know your geography - research Know your Business - observe Know your community - explore Know your people - develop Know your institutions – connect Know your departments - discern Know your influencers – listen to Know your leadership - invest

Measures – compare and contrast

StaffCustomersIncome

So what How are we changing? Who do we reach? What concerns our universe? What is changing in our universe? Are we risk takers (opportunity builders)? Do we build wholesome attitudes? Are we integrity instigators?

Some insight into the future Biblical ages Global tribalism Unity community Spiritually desperate Morally bankrupt Change frustration Ethically driven Truth majority

The Rise of China and India

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Brazil

Russia

Indonesia

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France

Mexico

Canada

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Japan

Expected Contribution to Global Growth 2006-2020

(PPP)

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What’s going on?

Challenges: Climate Change

Water scarcity

Demography

Hunger

Coastal risksRecent conflicts

Crop decline

Key questionsPersonal What is my factor X? Is today a history day? What am I here for? Am I growing? What have I learned

today?

Corporate Why do we exist? What can we not do

alone? Who does this affect? Are we learning? Are we making

history?

Some closing thoughts Plan to change tomorrow Make choices that will last

Understand your DNA Develop your culture

Choose to put legs on the vision you have

Want to read some more Futurewise – Patrick Dixon Heart of Success - Rob Parsons Purpose Driven – Rick Warren Contrarians Guide to Leadership – S B Sample Courageous Church Leadership – John P Chandler Moses as Leader – Norman J Cohen Raving Fans – Ken Blanchard Purpose driven life – Rick Warren Habits of highly effective Churches – G Barna Courageous Leadership – Bill Hybels